Center for Professional Practice

TEACHING INTERNSHIP

Criminal Background Check

All students applying for internships are required to have a full State and Federal Criminal Background Check in addition to the Criminal Disclosure completed when the major was declared. This requirement comes as a result of a recommendation to the Professional Standards Board by a MD State Task Force that has studied the issue of safety in public schools for the past two years.

State and Federal Criminal Background forms will be distributed to all students when they apply for internships. It is the students's responsibility to be fingerprinted, mail both forms and accompanying fees in time for their results to be returned to the Center for Professional Practice office prior to the first day of student internships. Interns will learn will the requirements for the school systems in which they complete their internship from their university supervisor.